Shame on the GOP for choosing that poor old madman for their candidate!

[JuniperLea]

Talk about your basic dirty rotten trick! I really feel for McCain; he's literally been through hell. He can't even raise his arms properly due to injuries sustained whilst crashing planes. And the mental anguish he had to endure at the hands of his captors has no doubt left its indelible mark.

I think he is damaged goods. I think his damage will pull at the heartstrings of America just like they do mine. But we can't rely on the rest of America to have the same perspective as we do, so this could be a problem. Small, but effective dirty trick.

Then comes the inevitable debates. I'm wondering what dirty tricks will be used in this arena. Either one of our Dem candidates could be trusted to keep their cool whilst McCain looses his... and we've heard for years what a hot head he is. I'm betting that the media debate hosts will play it safe and easy with McCain, lobbing softballs. There could, and should, still be fireworks. How much can McCain take before he blows his stack? And if and when he does blow his stack (I would think this inevitable in a debate situation) will we be told we are bad Americans for saying anything untoward about an American Hero? That's how they will frame him, you know. An American Hero. So anything negative stated about him will be automatically thrust through the Proper Way to Address an American Hero vetting process.

As I said, I honestly feel sorry for the man. He's been through a lot, and I feel he was severely damaged (on many levels) in the process. Who will be his keepers? Who will hold the strings? I cannot for the life of me imagine McCain with the reins in his own hands.

Who will his brain be?

[featherman]

1. They are stuck with him... couldn't happen to a more deserving party LOL

[whistle]

2. All the easier to manipulate and control by the shadow government

[galaxy21]

5. He was only chosen because he wasn't a religious kook,or pro choice and married 3 times

Seriously, he was the best of a bad bunch.

[JuniperLea]

21. Speaking of married...

I sense a riff in that marriage... snarky comments back and forth... American probably won't take too much of that.

And on that note, I understand she has always kept her finances separate from her husband's. I think we should make a HUGH stink about both of them releasing their financials... they did it to the Clintons! What's fair for the goose...


Credit: Howardx said this about financials this morning... he always gives me a hard time when I "steal" his good thoughts;)

[JuniperLea]

10. Deja vu all over again...

Four more years of puppetry... that is the GOP dream for America.

[TheCowsCameHome]

3. Just wait until he comes unglued on TV.

Once he shows his dark side to the voters they won't be able to put the genie back in the bottle.

[Poll_Blind]

6. Yep, I'm waiting on the edge of my seat because he WILL come unglued debating Obama.

  And it will be a night to remember.

PB

[TheCowsCameHome]

8. You bet. If he melts down at a rookie reporters question, watch him when

the heat really gets turned up on prime time.

Pass the popcorn...........:popcorn:

[boobooday]

9. He will definitely lose his bearings

:eyes: :eyes: :eyes:

[JuniperLea]

12. YouTube will be ablaze!

You thought the Dean Scream got around! And the growly face shots will make great posters!

[JuniperLea]

18. That's my best hope!

Now THAT is something to cling to;)

[goldcanyonaz]

4. McLame just raised 9 million the other night in NY. Amazing, huh?

[Starbucks Anarchist]

11. $7 million.

http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2008/05/mccain-raises-7.html

[goldcanyonaz]

13. Still a lot of money to be raised by such a nimrod.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

15. It was a big-donor event.

Obama's pulled off the same trick with many small donors, all within 24 hours.

[goldcanyonaz]

17. Thanks anarchist, thanks for being so nice. appreciate it

[JuniperLea]

19. Are we seeing mended bridges here?

Are we uniting behind a common goal?

:grouphug:

[JuniperLea]

22. I understand the big ticket donations to a point...

These fundraisers bring out a lot of lockstep GOP support... what I don't get is how so many of them think the American public is so stupid that we'll swallow the whole McCain deal! He's obviously a puppet without a brain suited for reason!

[Wapsie B]

7. And I believe his condition should be exploited to the max.

The gop pulled this stunt once with Ronnie in his early stages of Alzheimer's. After * we definitely need a prez with sound mind.

[JuniperLea]

14. "we definitely need a prez with sound mind"

That would be a wonderful change! Think, speak and chew pretzels at the same time!

The first thing the nominee needs to do is chomp down a big pretzel, on camera, before a cheering crowd!

Do you want four more years of a president who can't eat a pretzel properly?




Pretzels stalk McCain! Pictures at eleven!

[futureliveshere]

16. The "Manchurian Candidate"?

[JuniperLea]

20. That would be...

The Manchurian Candidate II: Bat Shit Crazy After All These Years

[Bucky]

23. About those "injuries sustained whilst crashing planes", you might wanna fact check that

His physical disability came from having his arms repeatedly broken by his Vietnamese captors while in a POW camp & never having them properly set afterwards. It's not the sort of thing you want to joke about.

I have plenty of fun laughing at John McCain's cognitive infirmaties. The physical injuries he sustained as a POW should be off limits.

[JuniperLea]

24. Not so...

Look it up.

His own words:

"... pulled the ejection handle, and was knocked unconscious by the force of the ejection—the air speed was about 500 knots. I didn't realize it at the moment, but I had broken my right leg around the knee, my right arm in three places, and my left arm. I regained consciousness just before I landed by parachute in a lake right in the corner of Hanoi, one they called the Western Lake."

http://www.usnews.com/articles/news/2008/01/28/john-mccain-prisoner-of-war-a-first-person-account.html

More here:

http://www.b-29s-over-korea.com/book_reports/The-John-McCain-Story02.html




The GOP wants you to believe otherwise.

[whistle]

26. Right, republicans really respected Max Cleland in the Georgia race of 2004

...sorry, the white gloves should come off especially when we know that McCain handlers will stop at nothing

[JuniperLea]

27. They showed a lot of respect for Kerry too...

It's time to take count of all these things, to ready ourselves for the REAL battle ahead.

[whistle]

28. Republicans have never shown any respect for anyone but their own sleazy kind

...and certainly none since Richard Nixon dirty tricksters and plumbers and every campaign since! These dirt-bags had their chance and blew it, so now they need to be piled in the political garbage dump and fascist trash heap where they belong.

[JuniperLea]

25. I think the cognitive infirmities are more related to the torture...

And mental anguish than they are with age or anything else... he comes from hearty stock, as illustrated by his mother. Not that she is fully responsible for his DNA and all that goes with it, but the mental state of a long term prisoner of war is very important to this election. We should without question honor his service, but by the same token, we need to vet his experiences and his state of mind as fully as we possibly can.